Randburg police station
officers face probe
Thursday
25 October 2012 06:24
Criselda Lewis
Police bosses are to launch a full scale investigation into several
officers at the Randburg Police Station in Gauteng. This follows a month long
SABC News investigation showing how police frequent a well-known drug hotspot.
At
the same police station, five police officers have been arrested for crimes
including those relating to drugs in the past year and a half. The SABC watched
for four weeks as drugs were openly sold and police who frequent the area did
nothing.
Gauteng
SAPS spokesperson, Neville Malila says: “We’ve been monitoring police vehicles
moving in and out, and also capturing drug lords exchanging money and
drugs, there is police visibility but they do nothing? We will look at the
movement reports, look and drivers and crew on those days for the specific
vehicles.”
Malila says
five officers from the Randburg police station have already been arrested, some
for drug related activity.
The
Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it takes allegations like
these seriously. Since last year
the IPID has investigated 2 320 criminal offences by police, including
corruption.
